Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: I am weary of straying oh fain would I rest
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s or 12 12 11 11
Tune: Kimmel
Hymn Number: 616
Page Number: 225, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI am wea-ry of straying; oh, fain would I rest
In that far dis-tant land of the pure and the blest;
Where sin can no longer her blandishment spread,
And tears and tempta-tions for-ever are fled.
I am weary of hoping, where hope is untrue,
As fair but as fleeting as morning's bright dew;
I long for the land whose blest promise alone
Is as changeless and sure as eternity's throne.
I am weary of sighing o'er sorrows of earth,
O'er joy's glowing visions that fade at their birth,
O'er pangs of the loved, which we can not assuage,
O'er the blightings of youth, and the weakness of age.
I am weary of loving what passed away-
The sweetest and dearest, alas! may not stay;
I long for that land where those partings are o'er,
And death and the tomb can divide hearts no more.